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diminutivize

diminutivize verb: to turn into a diminutive.

Verb

diminutivize (third-person singular simple present diminutivizes, present participle diminutivizing, simple past and past participle diminutivized)

  1. (transitive) to turn into a diminutive

Forms of diminutivize

third-person singular presentdiminutivizes
present participlediminutivizing
past participlediminutivized
pastdiminutivized
alternative formdiminutivise

Origin of diminutivize

From diminutive + -ize.

Words formed from diminutivize

Questions about diminutivize

What does diminutivize mean?
Diminutivize means to turn into a diminutive.
What part of speech is diminutivize?
Diminutivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of diminutivize?
The past tense of diminutivize is diminutivized.

Words near diminutivize in the dictionary

  1. diminutivises
  2. diminutivising
  3. diminutivity
  4. diminutivization
  5. diminutivizations
  6. diminutivize
  7. diminutivized
  8. diminutivizes
  9. diminutivizing
  10. diminutization
  11. diminutizations

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